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<blockquote data-quote="mml373" data-source="post: 1808308" data-attributes="member: 38746"><p>Thanks, y'all. You have a good point with regard to buying hay and it is one I have considered and perhaps should reconsider.</p><p></p><p>That said, I'm the only guy with tall grass, anywhere in my area. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> All the "real farmers" have already put up their hay (round bales) and may get a second cutting this season. Beautiful round bales on farms with green grass, now, vs the tall stuff I wade through and trip over daily when moving sheep. <grrrr> So the desire/need(?) to cut my pastures for hay is substantially related to my mobility issues and the challenges associated with rotational grazing of sheep (they move to new grass every 2-4 days). The ticks in this tall grass and trips/falls from it are one reason for wanting a tractor to hay the place. Ticks can be mitigated to some degree but the grass causes a lot of trip-ups (can't pick my feet up, stumble, though physical therapy coming up should help). The stupid (awful!) Premier1 mesh fences I have to move cause a lot of trips, too, and are downright dangerous to me if I fall (7 inch steel spikes sticking out if I have fence on the ground to put up or put away). When my flock of sheep is big enough to justify woven wire cross fence, I'll put that in.</p><p></p><p>If I put pencil to paper, I'd have never bought a small farm and chosen to become a farmer. Fully disabled, courtesy of the military-required annual flu shot in 2017. Life is short and sweet. Doing it for the experience I'd always wanted, and to raise my kids so they might consider taking what I'm building and carrying it forward.</p><p></p><p>That PowerStar 110 would be everything they'd ever need in another 20 years when they take what I've built and build it bigger... (haha)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mml373, post: 1808308, member: 38746"] Thanks, y'all. You have a good point with regard to buying hay and it is one I have considered and perhaps should reconsider. That said, I'm the only guy with tall grass, anywhere in my area. :-) All the "real farmers" have already put up their hay (round bales) and may get a second cutting this season. Beautiful round bales on farms with green grass, now, vs the tall stuff I wade through and trip over daily when moving sheep. <grrrr> So the desire/need(?) to cut my pastures for hay is substantially related to my mobility issues and the challenges associated with rotational grazing of sheep (they move to new grass every 2-4 days). The ticks in this tall grass and trips/falls from it are one reason for wanting a tractor to hay the place. Ticks can be mitigated to some degree but the grass causes a lot of trip-ups (can't pick my feet up, stumble, though physical therapy coming up should help). The stupid (awful!) Premier1 mesh fences I have to move cause a lot of trips, too, and are downright dangerous to me if I fall (7 inch steel spikes sticking out if I have fence on the ground to put up or put away). When my flock of sheep is big enough to justify woven wire cross fence, I'll put that in. If I put pencil to paper, I'd have never bought a small farm and chosen to become a farmer. Fully disabled, courtesy of the military-required annual flu shot in 2017. Life is short and sweet. Doing it for the experience I'd always wanted, and to raise my kids so they might consider taking what I'm building and carrying it forward. That PowerStar 110 would be everything they'd ever need in another 20 years when they take what I've built and build it bigger... (haha) [/QUOTE]
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